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Transforming Railway Infrastructure in Ghana through Public Private Partnership (PPP)
By Joseph Harrison Mensah
Ghana railways were developed to link • Major mineral centers and harbours to transport
minerals to harbour for export • Major ci:es and towns for transporta:on of passengers • Agriculture centers for transporta:on of farm produce to
major towns and ci:es • Market Centers to facilitate trade in the country
In all, the railway infrastructure exist to encourage produc:vity; export of minerals, :mber and other goods; trade; and easy and less costly movement people to ensure economic growth
For over 20 years, the Ghana railway infrastructure has been obsolete and dilapidated and the Railway Company is almost as
dead due to maintenance, planning, management and investment problems
The need to redevelop and advance railway Infrastructure 1 èThe railway is needed to transport people across town èCommercial Case 1 – Demand for railway passenger
transporta:on Services
The need to redevelop and advance railway Infrastructure 1 èRoad traffic conges:ons partly due to poor alterna:ves èCommercial Case 1 – Demand for railway passenger
transporta:on Services
The need to redevelop and advance railway Infrastructure 1 è Conges:ons at car sta:ons partly due to poor alterna:ves
è Commercial Case 1 – Demand for railway passenger transporta:on services
The need to redevelop and advance railway Infrastructure 2 èPost harvest losses following the break down
of railway network linking agricultural and market centers èCommercial Case 2 – Demand for railway to transport farm
produce
The need to redevelop and advance railway Infrastructure 3 èThe break down of railway network linking mineral centers
and harbours èCommercial Case 3 – Demand for railway services for
The transporta:on of minerals)
The need to redevelop and advance railway Infrastructure 3 èThe break down of railway network linking mineral centers
and harbours affec:ng mineral transport èmining companies are resor:ng to the use of trucks for
mineral transporta:on which is very costly
PoliMcal champions and Stakeholders There are Poli:cal Champions and some significant
level of stakeholder interest and support, which could be beOer developed
Conclusion • Given the need for railway infrastructure to service the
demand for goods (including minerals and farm produce) and passenger transport, encourage export, facilitate trade, generate produc:vity and ensure economic growth, there is a need to redevelop and advance the now dilapidated Ghana railway infrastructure.
• Government lacks the planning, management, maintenance, investment exper:se and capacity required
• Railway infrastructure is highly capital intensive and carries risk which could be rightly allocated
• There exist a commercial case, there are poli:cal champions and significant stakeholder interest and support.
• Government can therefore ini:ate, prepare, procure and implement PPP to engage the private sector to redevelop and advance the Ghana railway infrastructure